Editing Dice (section)

==d3==
Not much to say about it.
[[Image:D3.jpg|thumb|right|The D3...]]
[[Warhammer 40k]] uses D3's <s>every once in awhile</s> [[Warhammer_40,000/Tactics(8E)| all the time]] - [[Manticore Rocket Launcher|Manticores]], & other cases such as +D3 attacks, 2 + D3 objectives, etc. Most of the time, they don't actually use a D3 - they just roll a [[d6]], at which points three schools of thought engage in a holy war:
* A few subtract 3 from any result that's 4 or higher. So, for example, a 5 becomes a 2.
* The others divide the result by two, rounding up. So, for example, a 5 becomes a 3.
*<strike>Lazy people just assign the value of 1 to the first 2 numbers, and so on. For example, a 4 would be a 2.</strike> This method and the method above will yield the same results. 

>rolls d6, getting a 3

>divides by 2, rounding up to get 2

>assigns 1-2 to 1, 3-4 to 2, 5-6 to 3

>2 == 2

>CP rerolls, this time getting a 5

>5/2 rounding up = 3

>assigning values yields 3

>3 == 3

The 40k rulebook explicitly proselytizes the second option, which means the former is [[heresy]]. Other games don't really care as much.

Actual d3s come in two major flavours: The weird triangular nublette things seen to the right, which are largely used by people who think having weird dice makes you interesting, and d6es which had 1, 2 and 3 written on them twice, used by people who like to build things out of dice. 

Since you can readily simulate a d3 result easily enough without obtaining extra dice why in the hell would you bother?

<s>Because I have OCD, that’s why!</s> Because collecting is fun, and [[Dungeons & Dragons|DnD]] already has enough math.
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